#lottery

The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#aspirations #backgrounds #better #education #guarantee

Knock on wood, but I think we hit the gestational carrier lottery! ↗

— Giuliana Rancic

#hit #i #i think #knock #lottery

Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead. ↗

— Brian Koslow

#forget #instead #lottery #yourself

Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen. ↗

— Marat Safin

#five #happen #kind #lottery #sets

If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#charity #city #family #fruit #hardware

Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty. ↗

— Adam Smith

#adventure #approach #certain #certainty #greater

I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all. ↗

— Hailee Steinfeld

#award #back #being #best #call

We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#be patient #contracts #decided #either #expect

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#chances #could #dad #equivalent #ever

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. ↗

— Cecil Rhodes

#englishman #first #life #lottery #prize